Display device for merchandise



June 6, 1950 w. SCHNEWIND 2,510,759

DISPLAY DEVICE FOR MERCHANDISE Filed Feb. 21. 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Wa/fr Schnewind,

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Patentefi June 6, 1950 rare-s earner DISPLAY DEVICE I Walterfichnewind, Detroitjl fieh. Applieatien fiebruary'21, I QQSQSe'rial H 9. 77 A91 aparallelrelaltionto .e-achiotther. "The-clevicegim cluclesqmeans awherebysselected panelsrncrmally positionedrearwardlyfrom-the .frontoi the zealoinetmayshesbreughtzforwarcllytand aligned side by side iii-one plane, More specifically, :my device includes .awcabinet provided with a sliding board. analogous :to a, tdrawerzand :having' said panels mounted on esaid'boamlbnt permitting the: panels tosbe shifterilaterall-y-with respect. to. sa'icljboard and .kept iniplaeesinsigleboards which are. hinged to, the 'firstementionedxboard. These and. other details will :now be described -with respect. to the accompanying drawings infivhich:

figure .1 isa'perspeetiveiview of;my .devicewith all the panels zclisposecl'-'within :saicl .ycaloiinet;

"Figure ".2 is .a perspective View of the :cabinet with a slidable 'boarddrawnnutwardly aritlrwith a plurality of panels mounted thereon;

Figure :3 isaperspective. view of the same elements, but. also withside.:boardss.et up :for operative combinatinnwith thelhoa'rcl'; v

Figure eis arpers'pective vu'ew of my cabinet,

the'vi'ewidisclosihgalso the-panels as alignedxin one vplace for zdispla'yofrmeitchandise;

Figure :5 .is a plan View nfitheydevice as shown in Figure 4r;

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Thecabinet,'generallymdicated by numeral it, may be made of wood or metal or any other suitable material the more -or less conventional form'in which filing cabinetsare made. Thecabinet, best shown in Figure 1,;inel-udes a sliding board. l provided at the front with a face member I2 and-a handle 13; Mounted on the surface of said board are a plurality or tracks i4, he being disposed transversely to thelensth ofsthe boa-rd as bestishown sin :lhTsuretS. The tracks are :madenil substantially: ill-shaped rails taken on jline a? marked 15;, sairlrrallsmarina-outwardly turning flanges, iii; the flanges of one #rail being spaced from the :flanees of the; adjoining-rail -so that a. :narrow 'slot is; :formed :in between, leadin to a laterally expanded space under V c-h flanges. Mounted foraslidable'movement with said slots are upright panels; 11 8', Beach; ,ipanel 311a a base or afoot-portion [fisaidfodt portioninttingwunder the flanges I? of twocadjoiningrails' l5.v The front surface of eachgpanel' jcarries-a plurality ef items :ofrmerchantli'sesuch ,aszpipes 2;e,=which are selected for illustrationrof the manner or use of said: panels. Hinged; to :thesides of said.- iboarcl H, which Phereinafiter will be-called-zeenter board;

re, two sideibohttis, One .zlcfis" fueled to saicl central: by hinges 22; the ,other side boar-$23 is hinged by means ref fhinges. 24'. The, mannerrof the h'ineing is best :s'hown infiEig. l7. Normally, the Sideboards were positioned under the center boaricl l l leeing alignsd'parallelthereto, and kept from .clropping dewrpby :xn'e'ans ofia.;pivoteol metal finger 33-! ibestishown rin'rEigure .8." In Figure the @position'ofthe side :boards under the center board is indicated. by-rnumerals zrl'a and ZEa'r-e-Y spectively. When spread out, the side boards extend at the :same yplaneas; said; center board it, said sideboards being .kept so by means of arms 25 piveta'lly attached to --the underside of board I i-by means-of bolts 26.

Each side boardwis provided with two parallel slots 27 lspacecl from each other and running lengthwise with (respectto saidrside board. Disposed transversely upon-saidside-board is a-single track 28 ,madeof two parallel rails '29 mounted upon two T-blocks willhone such block being slidably ..olisp0sed. in each-slot 2,7. The rails have the .samespac'ing between them as said rails IS on center board ,lj, described above, and they aficrd sufileient .space between them ior recepe tion of base members 'l'firof'the individual panels l8. It will bennderstoed that said ltraol; 23, sup- 7 ported hyfb1ocks13ll,.mayhe movedlongituclinally the center board'ooutof the cabinet. 'The rollers, obviously, permit easy movement of the center board into and out of the-cabinet.

Now I shall'rdescribe the manner inwhich the cabinet :theslide panels may be used. Nor- 3 mally the center board is fully contained within the cabinet, with the side boards 2| and 23 folded under said center board, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. When the center board is in this position, only the first panel may be seen in the open front of the cabinet. Now, assuming that other panels are to be displayed for inspection, the center board is pulled out far enough to permit the side boards to be swung up from the hinges to a horizontal position. In order to accomplish this, supporting finger 3| at the front is swung outwardly from under side board 23, permitting both side boards to drop down from the hinges. Each side board may now be raised manually to the level of the center board and retained in this position by means of the respective arms which are swung from their pivotal positions under the center board to stand laterally under the side boards. Assuming now that a selected panel [8 is to be displayed, track 28, supported on T-blocks 36, is shifted longitudinally with respect to its side board until said track is aligned with a selected track I l containing the selected panel, as shown in Fig. 3. The panel may now be slid laterally from its track 14 to said track 23, whereupon said track may be moved forwardly on said blocks 3! till it is aligned with the front panel. The same operation is followed with respect to a panel which is to be displayed on the opposite side board. Here, also, the panel selected from the center board is first shifted laterally into track 28 and then with the track moved forwardly in slots 2? till it is aligned with the front panel. Thus three panels maybe displayed side by side, as best shown in Fig. 4. The panels on the side board may be returned to theirplace by reversing the procedure, that is, by sliding the track 28 back into alignment with the track on the center board from which the respective panel has been removed, whereupon said panel may be shifted back into its original position on the center board. In order to slide the center board back into the cabinet, the side boards are folded under said center board and the latter is pushed back into the cabinet.

It will be understood that some changes may be made in the construction of my device, but that this may be accomplished without departing from the inventive principle disclosed herein.

What I therefore wish to claim is as follows:

1. A display device for merchandise, as described, said device comprising a cabinet having an open front, a center board slidingly disposed therein for withdrawal through said open front,

a plurality of parallel tracks mounted transversely on the center board, a hinged side board on each side of the center board, a single track transversely mounted on each side board, the track being slideably mounted thereon for movement longitudinally with respect to said side board and being adapted to be brought into alinement with any track on the center board, a plurality of upright panels slidingly seated in the tracks on the center board, each panel being adapted to be shifted laterally into the track on either side board.

2. A merchandise display device of the kind described, comprising a cabinet having an open front, a horizontal center board adapted for partial withdrawal therefrom, a plurality of parallel tracks disposed transversely on the center board in a spaced relation to each other, a side board hinged to each side of the center board, means to alinethe side boards at the level of the center boardjeach side board being provided with.

two slots spaced from each other and disposed parallel to the center board, a sliding block in each slot, a single track mounted on said blocks and disposed transversely to the length o f the center board, the track being adapted to be moved with said blocks for alinement with a selected track upon the center board, a plurality of upright panels slideably disposed in tracks on the center board, each of them being adapted to be shifted laterally into a track on either side board.

3. A device of the kind described, the device comprising a cabinet having an open front, a horizontal board slideably disposed therein and adapted tov be pulled out outwardly through the open front, a side board hinged to each side of the center board and adapted to be raised to the level of the center board, pivoted arm means on the under side of the center board to sustain the side boards at the level of the center board, a plurality of transverse tracks on the center board, each side board being provided with two slots spaced from each other and running parallel to the center board, a sliding block in each slot, a single track mounted on said blocks transversely to the slots and adapted to be alined with a selected track on the center board, a vertical merchandise display panel disposed in each track on the center board, each of the panels being adapted to be slidingly moved out of its track into the single track on either side board.

4. A. device of the kind described, said device including a horizontal board and two side boards hinged thereto, a plurality of transverse tracks on the center board and a single transverse track on each side board, meansto support the side boards at the level of the center board, the single track being movable longitudinally on each side board for alinement with any track on the center board, a plurality of display panels in the tracks on the center board, each panel being adapted to be shifted laterally into the single track on the side board.

5. A device of the kind described, the device comprising a cabinet having an open front, a horizontal board slideably disposed therein and adapted to be pulled out outwardly through the open front, a side board hinged to each side of the center board, said side boards being normally in a folded position under the center board, parallel thereto, but being adapted to be raised to the level of the center board, pivoted arm means on the under side of the center board to sustain the side boards at the level of the center board, a plurality of transverse tracks on the center board, each side board being provided with two slots spaced from each other and running parallel to the center board, a sliding block in each slot, a single track mounted on said blocks transversely to the slots and adapted to be alined with a selected track on the center board, a vertical merchandise display panel disposed in each track on the center board, each of the panels being adapted to be slidingly moved out of its track into the single track on either side board.

WALTER. SCHNEWIND.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,221,643 Wood Apr. 3, 1917' 1,420,534 Everitt June 20, 1922 1,432,663 Brandts Oct. 17, 1922" 

